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245 00 $aBiology of the boas and pythons /$cedited by Robert W. Henderson and Robert Powell ; foreword by Richard Shine.
260 $aEagle Mountain, Utah :$bEagle Mountain Publishing,$cc2007.
300 $ax, 438 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c29 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 2 $aForeword / Richard Shine -- Introduction -- The biology of boas and pythons: a retrospective look to the future / Robert W. Henderson and Robert Powell -- Ecology, natural history, and evolution -- The higher-level relationships of alethinophidian snakes inferred from seven nuclear and mitochondrial genes / Nicolas Vidal, Anne-Sophie Delmas, and S. Blair Hedges -- Ecomorphology of boine snakes, with emphasis on South American forms / Ligia Pizzatto, Otavio A. V. Marques, and Marcio Martins -- Thermal biology of the southern African python (Python natalensis): does temperature limit its distribution? / Graham Alexander -- Reproduction and thermoregulation are principal factors that influence habitat selection in the Argentine boa constrictor (Boa constrictor occidentalis) / Margarita Chiaraviglio and Miguel Bertona -- Comparative ecology and ecological modeling of sympatric pythons, Python regius and Python sebae / Luca Luiselli ... [et al.] --
505 2 $aBody size and head shape of island Boa constrictor in Belize: environmental versus genetic contributions / Scott M. Boback and D. Mark Carpenter -- Habitat use by the Mona boa (Epicrates monensis monensis) on Isla Mona, West Indies / Peter J. Tolson, Miguel A. García and Candee L. Ellsworth -- Natural history of the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) in the Venezuelan llanos / Jesús A. Rivas ... [et al.] -- Foraging ecology and diet of an ambush predator: the green python (Morelia viridis) / David Wilson -- The things you find on the road: roadkill and incidental data as an indicator of habitat use in two species of tropical pythons / Alastair Freeman and Caroline Bruce -- Behavior -- Feeding in boas and pythons: motor recruitment patterns during striking / David Cundall, Alex Duefel, and Frances Irish -- Response of the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) to aquatic acoustic stimuli / Bruce A. Young -- Constriction strength in snakes / Brad R. Moon and Rita S. Mehta --
505 2 $aCourtship, mating, and alternative reproductive tactics in the Middle American dwarf boa (Ungaliophis continentalis) / R. Michael Burger and Neil B. Ford -- Geographic variation in pheromone trailing behaviors of the Indonesian water python (Liasis mackloti) of Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Archipelago / Christopher K. Carmichael .. [et al.] --
505 2 $aPhysiology, neurology, and reproductive biology -- Testing the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermal physiology and thermoregulatory behavior of rubber boas (Charina bottae) / Michel E. Dorcas and Charles R. Peterson -- Adaptive correlation between feeding habits and digestive physiology for boas and pythons / Stephen M. Secor and Brian D. Ott -- Neural correlates of complex behavior: vision and infrared imaging in boas and pythons / Michael S. Grace and Atsuko Matushita -- The infrared sight of boas and pythons / Richard C. Goris ... [et al.] -- The specific dynamic action in boas and pythons / Brian D. Ott and Stephen M. Secor -- Sexual size dimorphism and the mating system of the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) / Jesús A. Rivas ... [et al.] -- Conservation -- Effects of habitat loss on the genetic structure of populations of the Argentine boa constrictor (Boa constrictor occidentalis) / Gabriela Cardozo ... [et al.] -- Spatial ecology of resident and displaced boa constrictors (Boa constrictor imperator) on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua: implications for conservation / David A. Holtzman, Sandi Shifley, and Donald Sisson -- Treeboas in the West Indies: responses of Corallus cookii and Corallus grenadensis to disturbed habitats / Sylvia D. Powell ... [et al.] -- Ecology and conservation of an exploited insular population of Boa constrictor (Squamata: Boidae) on the Cayos Cochinos, Honduras / Robert N. Reed ... [et al.] -- Genetic population structure of the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) in northern Argentina: management implications / Martín Mendez ... [et al.] -- Introduced populations of Boa constrictor (Boidae) and Python molurus bivittatus (Pythonidae) in southern Florida / Ray W. Snow ... [et al.]
650 0 $aBoa constrictor.
650 0 $aPythons.
650 0 $aAnaconda.
700 1 $aHenderson, Robert W.,$d1945-
700 1 $aPowell, Robert,$d1948-
988 $a20080506
906 $0OCLC